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7th edition of the Nature Festival: love bugs!

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:30 +0000

For its 7^th edition, the Nature Festival focuses on bugs. Invisible or underrated, they nonetheless take part in nature’s renewal. They truly are the architects or gardeners of the flora. Thus, without earthworms and other soil small inhabitants, soil would remain sterile and compact. They take part in pollination, manure’s manufacture, wood recycling or deterioration of dead materials. During 5 days, free events, organized in the country in Paris and all over France, will help you discover the stakes of bugs’ preservation. The goal is to re-discover nature and to be amazed by it with your family. Will you be part of it?

7^th edition of Nature Festival, from May 22nd to May 26^th, 2013.

Discover the complete list of events taking place in Paris.

Vegan revolution is underway!

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:30:56 +0000

As the vegan revolution seems to be underway, few of us know its origins. The Gavarni Hotel looks into the subject and gives you the key elements!

The origins
The word “vegan” appeared in 1944, thanks to Donald Watson, following an ideological disagreement with the Vegetarian Society. Its exact definition is the following: “way of life looking to expel, as long as it is possible and feasible, any form of exploitation and cruelty to animals, whether it is to eat, get dressed or to any other goal.”

Vegans and vegetarians: same thing?
These two notions are above all very different ways of life and not only diets. To sum up, a vegetarian doesn’t eat meat and, sometimes, fish, shellfish and eggs, but he eats milk products. A vegan goes further by eating only products coming from the soil (fruits, vegetables, cereals etc.). Some people go even further by cutting every sort of products coming from animals (fish, meat, shellfish, milk, eggs, honey). They also refuse to wear leather, wool, silk, feathers and fur. Exploitation of animals or cruelty against them is strictly prohibited for some vegans who then refuse to go to circuses or zoos. However, this way of life is difficultly 100% applicable, hence criticism vegans have to face on a regular basis.

More information about vegans here.

N°5 Culture Chanel: the star exhibition of the Palais de Tokyo

admin — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:30:05 +0000

N°5 by Chanel is without a doubt the most famous perfume in the world. Worn by the biggest stars, it is the object of a free exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo (Palace of Tokyo), until June 5^th, 2013. It is the occasion to discover how it was created.

A star perfume
Thanks to pictures, archives, movies and various objects, the fragrance is here presented as a work of art that recomposes its story through ages. We learn the name of it’s creator, Ernest Beaux, who, with Coco Chanel, imagined its few flowery notes that will make of N°5 a star perfume. Launched on May 5^th, 1921, this perfume with ylang-ylang, jasmine and bergamot notes is being celebrated 92 years to the day after its birth, in one of the most important museums of Paris.

Photo credit: N°5, extract, CHANEL – Daniel JOUANNEAU – Didier ROY

Exhibition “N°5 Culture Chanel”, from May 5^th to June 5^th, 2013.
Open everyday from 12p.m to 12a.m, except on Tuesdays.
Free entrance.

Palais de Tokyo
13, avenue du President Wilson
75116 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 81 97 35 88
Subway: Iena or Alma-Marceau (L.9).

The Beaujolais of Auteuil

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 07:30:46 +0000

If you are looking for a typical bistro of the Thirties, rush for the Beaujolais of Auteuil. Entirely brought up to date by architect Gilles Guillot, it keeps this spirit of yesteryear with its woodworks, its sheens and its old mirrors. We discover there an authentic but refined cuisine, cooked by Chef Yvan Sternat. Let yourself be tempted with the blanquette of veal or the beef rib for 2, melting as one pleases. Besides, it is at the best butcher’s of the neighborhood, Petard, that the restaurateur buys his meat. You are salivating? You have to know that cheeses are selected at Michel Fouchereau’s, elected Best Worker of France. An address deliciously good!

Open everyday from 7:30a.m to 1:30a.m.
Starter + Main Course + Dessert = 30€.

The Beaujolais of Auteuil
99, boulevard de Montmorency
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 47 43 03 56
Subway: Porte d’Auteuil (L.10).

These packages that change our lives

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:54:37 +0000

You must admit it, when you are shopping, you are often tempted by food’s packaging even though you don’t need it! We buy with the eyes, because on the shelves, packaging is the only one charming us and making us buy. The Museum of Arts and Crafts dedicates an exhibition to packaging, “These packages that change our lives”, well deserved.

An improvement of our daily lives
Packaging revolutionized households’ comfort with its creation and especially that of women of the 50s. Solidity, easy opening or lightness, it improved daily lives. But, for several years now, the question of its recycling is being an issue. Packaging pollutes and it is necessary to do something to transform it. Compaction, selective sorting, everything is done so that households can participate in environmental protection while keeping their comfort. Scientists are even allegedly working on edible packaging for the future! An exhibition you have to go see without waiting anymore, it might change your life as a consumer!

Balls stocking – Claye – Souilly 2007
Part of the ‘Food packages, innovation is in the box!’
Space from the Materials permanent collection – ©Didier Raux

Exhibition “These packages that change our lives”, from February 19^th to June 9^th, 2013.
Open Tuesday to Sunday included, from 10a.m to 6p.m.
Late night opening on Thursdays until 9:30p.m.
Full rate: 6,50€ / Reduced rate: 4,50€.

Museum of Arts and Crafts
60, rue Reaumur
75003 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 53 01 82 00
Subway: Arts et Metiers, Reaumur-Sebastopol